10 Best TCD Classic Editor Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
TCD Classic Editor has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to TCD Classic Editor
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Advanced Editor Tools
Closest match4.5 (354) 1 million+ active installsExtends and enhances the block editor (Gutenberg) and the classic editor (TinyMCE).
Shares the block-editor, classic editor, editor tags on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.7 (44) 100,000+ active installsThis plugin makes it easy to add Quicktags to the html - and visual-editor.
Shares the editor, quicktag, tinyMCE tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, no update since May 20, 2021.
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Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor)
4.5 (23) 10,000+ active installsThe plugin adds a title and a rel="nofollow" checkbox to the insert link popup box. Only for Classic Editor, NOT Block Editor.
Shares the classic editor, tinyMCE tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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4.9 (1,246) 8 million+ active installsEnables the previous "classic" editor and the old-style Edit Post screen with TinyMCE, Meta Boxes, etc. Supports all plugins that extend this screen.
Shares the block-editor, classic editor, editor tags on WordPress.org. About 1,600 times the installs, last updated May 28, 2026.
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5.0 (735) 500,000+ active installsDisable Gutenberg Block Editor and restore the Classic Editor and original Edit Post screen (TinyMCE, meta boxes, etc.).
Shares the block-editor, classic editor, editor tags on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
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4.8 (21) 1,000+ active installsChange Case adds buttons to change text case in the WordPress visual editor.
Shares the editor, tinyMCE tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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4.6 (65) 9,000+ active installsAdjust an image's margins and border with ease in the Visual editor.
Shares the editor, tinyMCE tags on WordPress.org. About 1.8 times the installs, no update since February 10, 2018.
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5.0 (21) 3,000+ active installsAdds back the missing "title" field in the Insert/Edit URL box in WordPress 4.2
Shares the editor, tinyMCE tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor
4.7 (140) 50,000+ active installsPost and Page Builder is a standalone plugin which adds functionality to the existing TinyMCE Editor.
Shares the editor, tinyMCE tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.8 (30) 5,000+ active installsUltimate plugin suitable for creating you own newspaper and magazine layouts using Gutenberg and Elementor page builder. Design magazine modules with …
Shares the block-editor, editor tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since April 21, 2025.
Switching from TCD Classic Editor: common questions
What is the best alternative to TCD Classic Editor?
Advanced Editor Tools is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 1 million+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which TCD Classic Editor alternative has the most users?
Classic Editor, with 8 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which TCD Classic Editor alternative is rated highest?
Disable Gutenberg, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 735 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these TCD Classic Editor alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with TCD Classic Editor score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against TCD Classic Editor on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Advanced Editor Tools is the closest match to TCD Classic Editor by the data we track, and Classic Editor has the widest reach with 8 million+ active installs. Post and Page Builder shipped the most recent release, on August 31, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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